Police: Teen pulled gun to avenge stolen potato chips

2:38 PM,
Aug. 28, 2013

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A 16-year-old boy was arrested Monday after police say he pulled a gun on a 13-year-old boy whom the older boy believed had stolen potato chips from his brother.

The incident occurred about 8 p.m. Monday in a Northwestside neighborhood south of 71st Street and west of Michigan Road, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report.

The older boy approached the 13-year-old in the 3100 block of Crestwell Drive and "grabbed him by the back of his neck causing pain," the report says, "pointing the gun toward his mouth and telling (the boy) he should just shoot and kill him for ...